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Rudy's homelessness wisdom, crime woes and more: Letters to the Editor — June 30, 2024

NY Post readers discuss Rudy Giuliani's approach to addressing homelessness, NYC's crime woes and more.

How Iran is growing rich despite its status as a pariah nation

Governments that achieve international pariah status typically face significant economic distress, eventually acquiescing to the demands of their own people or falling in an acrimonious overthrow.  But the Islamic Republic...

Iran goes to a runoff presidential election between reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili

Iranian law requires that a winner gets more than 50% of all votes cast. If not, the race’s top two candidates will advance to a runoff a week later.

House advances bid to nix salary for disgraced ex-Iran envoy Rob Malley

House lawmakers voted on a bipartisan basis Thursday to move forward with a measure that would bar disgraced ex-Iran special envoy Rob Malley from receiving a State Department salary.

What to ask Biden and Trump at Thursday night's CNN debate: 'Let's try to be fair'

The debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump on CNN Thursday night ought to be more than rehearsed answers and soundbites we've heard before.

Hezbollah could welcome thousands of Iran-backed fighters to Lebanon if all-out war breaks out with Israel

Almost daily exchanges of fire have occurred along Lebanon's frontier with northern Israel since fighters from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip staged a bloody assault on southern Israel in early October...

How rising anti-American axis sees US weakness, and is ready to pounce

For anyone slow on the uptake, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un provided some helpful show-and-tell in Pyongyang on Wednesday.

How an all-out war between Israel could rope in the US and other countries

Starting with Hamas’ invasion of Oct. 7, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon launched an utterly unprovoked assault on the Galilee.

Biden — losing Iran's dangerous game — is stumbling into a nuclear armageddon trap

As the Biden administration continues its dangerous miscalculations in the Middle East, the US stumbles further into the nuclear weapons trap that Tehran is laying in Gaza and Lebanon.

Gov. Doug Burgum is Trump's best choice for VP, but Sen. Marco Rubio's a strong runner-up

Among Donald Trump's reported top choices for vice president — Gov. Doug Burgum (ND), Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and J.D. Vance (Ohio) — Burgum's the best, but Rubio's a strong...

Biden's latest deterrence flop? The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2

Joe Biden's been asleep at the wheel on Russia, China, Iran and even Mexico, letting global rivals do what they will with zero deterrence.

With terror threats sky-high and the border wide open, brace for another 9/11

The pre-9/11 warning lights are flashing once again, thanks largely to President Biden’s refusal to control the southern border. That’s one of the key takeaways from of a new Foreign...

Joe Biden has forgotten what happened on Oct. 7 — but Israelis can't

Nikki Haley writes on why she believes Joe Biden has forgotten what happened on Oct. 7, but that Israelis can't, detailing the Israel-Gaza war.

Attacks on businesses linked to US brands rattle Baghdad as anger over the war in Gaza surges

Iraqi governments have for years walked a delicate line between Washington and Tehran, but the eight-month war in Gaza has critically upped the stakes.

As Hezbollah escalates attacks at Iran's behest, Israel must stop an 'unsustainable' assault

Iran’s multi-front war on Israel escalated this week as Tehran’s flagship terrorist proxy rained down missiles and drones on northern Israeli towns killing an Israeli soldier and leaving more wounded.

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered as a possible candidate for the presidential election after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president.

What's with Joe Biden's love of Tehran — and why isn't it prompting an IranGate fury?

With all the news about Team Biden’s inexplicable support for Iran, you’d expect media outlets to be screaming “Iran, Iran, Iran” — just as they harped on “Russia, Russia, Russia”...

Gov. Hochul's anti-phone crusade and more: Letters to the Editor — June 2, 2024

NY Post readers discuss Gov. Hochul's anti-phone in schools mission and more.

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen

Joint British-US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others, the rebels said Friday.

Iran's supreme leader praises US anti-Israel campus protesters after his brutal crackdown against regime demonstrators

“Dear university students in the United States of America, you are standing on the right side of history,” the 85-year-old radical cleric posted on X.